Typed in Wrong e-mail address and created another Apple ID

I'm gonna cry.
I've been trying to set up iCloud with a iPhone 4 that I just upgraded to the new OS.
Unfortunately, when I set it up, I accidently typed in a wrong Apple ID (I typed ***@ail.com instead of ***.aol.com) and it created a new Apple ID and now when I try to access iCloud from my phone it tells me I need to verify my account and the e-mail address cannot be verified. I found out that I had two Apple ID's and somehow even my credit card info was transferred over to the new ID. I finally got my old/existing/correct Apple ID set up with credit card info, but for some reason iCloud won't logon to the old/existing/correct ***.aol.com ID.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thanks,
Mark

Hi,
I just posted a similar problem.
I wrongly keyed in my e-mail address as [email protected] when it should have been [email protected]
I re-explored the iphone just now. If iCloud itself, pls scroll all the way down.
It will prompt you to delete this account. Ple delete.
It will the prompt you:
Deleting this account will delete all data associated with iCloud. Press delete since you have no date to lose to begin with.
After you deleted everything, you will be able to key in your new apple ID with the correct e-mail address.
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